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Masters of the open air
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Swainson's Hawk
The grasshopper hawk that goes global
Short-Eared Owl
Twilight hunter of the open plains
Sarus Crane
Tallest flyer, truest partner
Common Grackle
Pale eyes. Loud calls. City-smart flocks.
Osprey
Nature's plunge-diving fish hawk
King Quail
Small quail, big color.
Egret
Wetland hunters in white
Eastern Turkey (Wild Turkey)
Big woods. Big gobble.
Jabiru
Big bill. Big bird. Big wetlands.
Egyptian Vulture
Small vulture, big cleanup crew
Gray Catbird
Mew, mimic, and melt into the thicket
Evening Grosbeak
Vise-billed finch of winter flocks
Bee-Eater
Color in flight, precision in the air
Elf Owl
Tiny owl, big desert night hunter
Yellowhammer
Hedgerow gold with a looping chorus
Cedar Waxwing
The berry-loving bird in a velvet mask
Herring Gull
Coastline's clever scavenger
Xeme (Sabine's Gull)
Arctic elegance, ocean wanderer
Seymouria
A near-amniote on Permian shores
Warbler
Small birds, big songs, epic journeys
Tawny Frogmouth
The broken-branch bird of the night
Sandpiper
Built for mudflats and megamigrations
Eurasian Bullfinch
Rosy cap, quiet call, bud-time feeder